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The latest technology news and informationSat, 06 May 2017 09:23:06 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.5Sony – MDR- 1000X Industry Leading Noise Cancelling Headphoneshttp://techntip.com/tech/product/sony-mdr-1000x-industry-leading-noise-cancelling-headphones/
http://techntip.com/tech/product/sony-mdr-1000x-industry-leading-noise-cancelling-headphones/#respondFri, 05 May 2017 04:05:35 +0000http://techntip.com/?p=569Awarded 5 Stars and “Best noise-canceling headphones £100+” by What Hi-Fi? What Hi-Fi?, founded in 1976, is the world’s leading independent guide to buying and owning Hi-Fi and home entertainment products. World in. World out. Take control of sound with SENSE ENGINE™ Hear only what you want to hear and nothing else. SENSE ENGINE™ gives […]

What Hi-Fi?, founded in 1976, is the world’s leading independent guide to buying and owning Hi-Fi and home entertainment products.

World in. World out.

Take control of sound with SENSE ENGINE™

Hear only what you want to hear and nothing else. SENSE ENGINE™ gives you the freedom to tune in and out of your music at a touch.

Truly authentic sound

Hear music that stays true to the original recording with High-Resolution Audio. Optimized for High-Resolution Audio, S-Master HXTM reduces distortion and allows you to enjoy all the subtleties in your music.

These headphones also include a powerful 1.57″ driver with Liquid Crystal Polymer (LCP) diaphragm for handling heavy beats, and can reproduce a full range of frequencies up to 40 kHz.

FEATURES

Noise canceling beyond compare

Never before have Sony headphones so effectively controlled noise. Latest features and techniques enable the MDR-1000X to provide industry-leading noise cancelation 2. Low frequency vehicle noise and mid to high frequency sound including voices have been reduced with the MDR-1000X compared to our previous Sony noise canceling model.

Optimizes and adjusts to you

Turn down the music for a conversation

Talk without taking your headphones off. Place one hand over the housing to instantly decrease music volume.

Stay immersed and catch every word

Listen to your music without distraction while still catching important messages and announcements.

Stay immersed, yet aware

Hear essential everyday sounds such as traffic while listening to your music in the background.

Truly authentic sound

Hear music that stays true to the original recording with High-Resolution Audio. Optimized for High-Resolution Audio, S-Master HX reduces distortion and allows you to enjoy all the subtleties of your music. These headphones also include a powerful 1.57″ driver with Liquid Crystal Polymer (LCP) diaphragm for handling heavy beats, and can reproduce a full range of frequencies up to 40 kHz.

High quality wireless listening with LDAC

LDAC transmits approximately three times more data (at the maximum transfer rate: 990 kbps) than conventional BLUETOOTH® Wireless Audio, which allows you to enjoy High-Resolution Audio content in exceptional sound quality close to High-Resolution Audio 3.

Luxurious leather

Soft synthetic leather on the housing and earpads give a luxurious look and feel. Designed to fit securely over your ears for hours of comfortable listening.

Ready to travel

Swivel folding earcups make it easy to store your headphones in a suitcase, bag or the supplied carrying case while traveling.

Swipe and tap

Simply touch the gesture panel on the earpads to stop, play, skip through tracks, change volume or activate the smartphone’s voice assistant features.

Clear hands-free calling

A built-in microphone and HD voice support enables you to conduct crisp, clear hands-free calls.

]]>http://techntip.com/tech/product/sony-mdr-1000x-industry-leading-noise-cancelling-headphones/feed/0Babylon Health app aims to help machines and medics co-operate, not compete.http://techntip.com/tech/mobile/babylon-health-app-aims-help-machines-medics-co-operate-not-compete/
http://techntip.com/tech/mobile/babylon-health-app-aims-help-machines-medics-co-operate-not-compete/#respondFri, 05 May 2017 03:36:19 +0000http://techntip.com/?p=566 Regardless of location, political system, or government oversight, healthcare systems around the world are in a state of crisis. The US is deeply entrenched in a political give-and-take during which everyday citizens’ healthcare costs are the gambling chips. The UK is facing an overburdened NHS system, and even India is under intense public scrutiny […]

Regardless of location, political system, or government oversight, healthcare systems around the world are in a state of crisis. The US is deeply entrenched in a political give-and-take during which everyday citizens’ healthcare costs are the gambling chips. The UK is facing an overburdened NHS system, and even India is under intense public scrutiny for a new universal identification system that will be required in order to receive health coverage.

One firm in the UK is already at work on a potential option to reduce the work and wait of seeing a medical professional. Babylon Health app-based care not only lets users visit with a doctor in real-time, but the latest round of fundraising is helping the company develop AI interface to handle the dirty work of triaging patients and assessing care options.

According to a statement from Dr. Ali Parsa, founder and CEO of Babylon, “Cutting edge artificial intelligence together with ever increasing advances in medicine means that the promise of global good health is nearer than most people realize. Babylon scientists predict that we will shortly be able to diagnose and foresee personal health issues better than doctors, but this is about machines and medics co-operating not competing.

“Doctors do a lot more than diagnosis: artificial intelligence will be a tool that will allow doctors and health care professionals to become more accessible and affordable for everyone on earth. It will allow them to focus on the things that humans will be best at for a long time to come.”

While the entire concept reads like a Star Trek-esque attempt at technology replacing humans, it’s important to note Dr. Parsa’s forward projections. The current work on developing the necessary AI capabilities is a future-facing concept that is a long way off, but the data gathering and analysis taking place now will be important for the development of accurate technology.

]]>http://techntip.com/tech/mobile/battery-marathon-zenfone-3-zoom-vs-iphone-7-plus-asus/feed/0LG G6 Goldberg (Making Film) – Built for the unexpectedhttp://techntip.com/tech/mobile/lg-g6-goldberg-making-film-built-unexpected/
http://techntip.com/tech/mobile/lg-g6-goldberg-making-film-built-unexpected/#respondFri, 05 May 2017 03:01:26 +0000http://techntip.com/?p=560LG G6 Goldberg (Making Film) – Built for the unexpected Go behind the scenes with the LG G6 to see how it was built for the unexpected. Watch as the G6 is carefully tested from every angle to anticipate the needs of any unique lifestyle.

]]>http://techntip.com/tech/mobile/lg-g6-goldberg-making-film-built-unexpected/feed/0Don’t spend $50 on a screen protector for Samsung’s Galaxy S8http://techntip.com/tech/dont-spend-50-screen-protector-samsungs-galaxy-s8/
http://techntip.com/tech/dont-spend-50-screen-protector-samsungs-galaxy-s8/#respondSat, 22 Apr 2017 02:44:00 +0000http://techntip.com/?p=555Take this as something of a PSA for those of you who obsess over keeping your phone scratch-free: avoid the $50 InvisibleShield glass screen protector for the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus. Paying $50 for a piece of glass that sticks to your phone is objectively stupid. The thing is overpriced by a mile. But […]

]]>Take this as something of a PSA for those of you who obsess over keeping your phone scratch-free: avoid the $50 InvisibleShield glass screen protector for the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus. Paying $50 for a piece of glass that sticks to your phone is objectively stupid. The thing is overpriced by a mile. But more importantly, it’s just not very good. Best Buy sells it. So do some of the carriers. It will likely be one of their recommended add-on purchases when you walk in to buy the phone. Don’t get ripped off.

First, some background: curved smartphone screens have proven to be a real pain for Zagg and the dozens of companies on Amazon (that sell way cheaper tempered glass protectors) for some time now. Even when the displays themselves aren’t curved, phone makers often curve the glass slightly at the sides for a more ergonomic feel. The Google Pixel is one example of this. Even the iPhone 7 does it. In these instances, you’ll find a lot of screen protectors try to cover the display area only and stop short of providing edge-to-edge coverage.

Because when they try to do that, they usually fail and leave an ugly “halo” around the entire phone’s border where the screen protector’s adhesive isn’t fully sticking to the device. Companies have tried a few ideas to resolve this; some screen protectors have color-matched bezels with adhesive only on the perimeter of the glass and not on the display area. It creates the appearance of edge-to-edge protection, but it also creates an air gap between your phone’s screen and the screen protector. That reduces touch sensitivity and can detract from the screen’s quality. Bad approach.

Unfortunately, Zagg / InvisibleShield took this kind of approach with the $50 Galaxy S8 screen protector. The entire thing is clear, but it only sticks to the phone at the sides, leaving that unwanted air gap. Feedback on user forums has been consistently bad, and the product’s rating has already bombed to hell on Best Buy’s website. So you should avoid it and save $50.

You’re probably off with the more traditional (and significantly cheaper) film-based InvisibleShield for the S8, or a different plastic screen protector from Amazon that adheres to the entire surface of the phone. Verizon has its own glass screen protector; it also only sticks to the S8 at the edges, but hey, it’s slightly cheaper.

Making a curved glass screen protector at an appealing price is probably a challenge that would put a lot of these Amazon-based accessory companies out of business, so it might be awhile until there’s an ideal solution. Perhaps Samsung could just make one itself? Easy $30 in the pocket. If I were Zagg, I’d probably just pull this thing from the market. I get the appeal of getting that day-one attach sale, but this really seems like a miss.

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